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John 4:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— He saith unto her—Go, call thy husband, and come hither!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Jesus saith to her, 'Go, call thy husband, and come hither;'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Iesus said vnto her, Go, call thine husband, and come hither.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Iesus saith vnto her, Goe, call thy husband, and come hither.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Jesus said to her, Go and call your husband, and come here.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— Jeshu saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Jesus said to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Jesus 2424
{2424} Prime
Ἰησοῦς
Iesous
{ee-ay-sooce'}
Of Hebrew origin [H3091]; Jesus (that is, Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites.
saith 3004
{3004} Prime
λέγω
lego
{leg'-o}
A primary verb; properly to 'lay' forth, that is, (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean.
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
unto her, 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
Go, 5217
{5217} Prime
ὑπάγω
hupago
{hoop-ag'-o}
From G5259 and G0071; to lead (oneself) under, that is, withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively.
z5720
<5720> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Imperative (See G5794)
Count - 592
call 5455
{5455} Prime
φωνέω
phoneo
{fo-neh'-o}
From G5456; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication to address in words or by name, also in imitation.
z5657
<5657> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Imperative (See G5794)
Count - 376
thy 4675
{4675} Prime
σοῦ
sou
{soo}
Genitive case of G4771; of thee, thy.
husband, 435
{0435} Prime
ἀνήρ
aner
{an'-ayr}
A primary word (compare G0444); a man (properly as an individual male).
and 2532
{2532} Prime
καί
kai
{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
come 2064
{2064} Prime
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
{er'-khom-ahee}
Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] word, ἐλεύθομαι [[eleuthomai]], {el-yoo'-thom-ahee}; or [active] ἔλθω [[eltho]], {el'-tho}; which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z5628
<5628> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Imperative (See G5794)
Count - 459
hither. 1759
{1759} Prime
ἐνθάδε
enthade
{en-thad'-eh}
From a prolonged form of G1722; properly within, that is, (of place) here, hither.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on John 4:15-18.


John 4:16

_ _ call thy husband — now proceeding to arouse her slumbering conscience by laying bare the guilty life she was leading, and by the minute details which that life furnished, not only bringing her sin vividly up before her, but preparing her to receive in His true character that wonderful Stranger to whom her whole life, in its minutest particulars, evidently lay open.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on John 4:4-26.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 4:16

Jesus saith to her — He now clears the way that he might give her a better kind of water than she asked for. Go, call thy husband — He strikes directly at her bosom sin.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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John 4:18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
John 1:47-48 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! ... Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
John 2:24-25 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men], ... And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
John 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
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Jn 1:42, 47; 2:24; 4:18; 21:17. He 4:13. Rv 2:23.

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